Editing 802

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[[File: Britain 802.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|Map of the [[British Isles]] (c. 802)]]
[[File:Egbert - MS Royal 14 B V.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|King [[Egbert of Wessex]] (802–839)]]
Year '''802''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCCII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Saturday]] of the [[Julian calendar]], the 802nd year of the [[Common Era]] (CE) and [[Anno Domini]] (AD) designations, the 802nd year of the [[1st millennium]], the 2nd year of the [[9th century]], and the 3rd year of the [[800s (decade)|800s]] decade.

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[October 31]] &ndash; Empress [[Irene of Athens|Irene]] is deposed after a 5-year reign, and banished to [[Lesbos Island|Lesbos]]. High-ranking [[Patrician (ancient Rome)#Late Roman and Byzantine period|patricians]] place [[Nikephoros I|Nikephoros]], the minister of finance (''[[logothetes tou genikou]]''), on the [[throne]]. He is crowned in the [[Hagia Sophia]] at [[Constantinople]], by Patriarch [[Patriarch Tarasios of Constantinople|Tarasios]], as emperor of the [[Byzantine Empire]].

====Central America====
*[[May 1]] &ndash; [[Lachan Kʼawiil Ajaw Bot]] (born June 25, 760) becomes the [[Maya rulers|ruler of the Mayan city state]] near [[Itzan]] in [[Guatemala]].

==== Europe ====
* Pagan [[Danes]] invade [[Obotrites|Obodrite]]-ruled [[Schleswig-Holstein|Schleswig]], to take over territory almost emptied by the forcible [[deportation]]s of the [[Saxons]] by emperor [[Charlemagne]].{{sfn|Nicolle|2014|p=21}}
* [[Al-Andalus]]: [[Zaragoza|Saragossa]] rises against the [[Emirate of Córdoba]]. Emir [[Al-Hakam I]] sends a Muslim army under General [[Amrus ibn Yusuf]], and retakes the city.{{sfn|Rucquoi|1993|p=87}}
* [[Krum]] becomes ruler ([[Khan (title)|khan]]) of the [[First Bulgarian Empire|Bulgarian Empire]] (until [[814]]). During his reign [[Bulgaria]]n territory doubles in size, from the [[Danube]] to the [[Dniester]].

==== Britain ====
* King [[Beorhtric of Wessex]] dies after drinking a [[chalice]] of poison intended for his wife, Eadburh. She flees to the court of Charlemagne, who accepts a portion of her wealth and makes her [[abbess]]. Prince [[Egbert of Wessex|Egbert]] returns to [[Wessex]], and is accepted as the new king.<ref>Kirby, ''Earliest English Kings'', p. 186.</ref>
* [[Æthelmund#Battle of Kempsford and his death|Battle of Kempsford]]: [[Æthelmund]], ealdorman of [[Hwicce]], is killed during the battle by his rival [[Weohstan]], who [[Conscription#Medieval levies|levies]] West Saxon [[Wiltshire]].<ref name="BC">Williams, Smyth & Kirby, ''A Biographical Dictionary of Dark Age Britain'' (1991), p. 24.</ref>
* The [[Vikings]] plunder the treasures of [[Iona Abbey]], on the west coast of [[Scotland]] (approximate date).

==== Abbasid Caliphate ====
* The Mecca Protocol: Caliph [[Harun al-Rashid]] and the leading officials of the [[Abbasid Caliphate]] perform the [[hajj]] to [[Mecca]], where the line of succession is finalized. Harun's eldest son [[al-Amin]] is named heir, but his second son [[al-Ma'mun]] is named as al-Amin's heir, and ruler of a broadly autonomous [[Khurasan]]. A third son, [[al-Qasim ibn Harun al-Rashid|al-Qasim]], is added as third heir, and receives responsibility over the [[al-Awasim|frontier areas]] with the Byzantine Empire.

==== Asia ====
* Prince [[Jayavarman II|Jayavarman]] declares the [[Khmer Empire]] (modern-day [[Cambodia]]) independent, and establishes the kingdom of [[Angkor]]. He is reconsecrated as a world ruler (''[[chakravartin]]''), or god-king (''[[devaraja]]''), under [[Hinduism|Hindu]] rites.

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* The [[Haeinsa]] Temple of the [[Jogye Order]] is built in [[Korea]].
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== Births ==
* [[Bi Xian]], chancellor of the [[Tang dynasty|Tang Dynasty]] (d. [[864]])
* [[Fujiwara no Nagara]], Japanese statesman (d. [[856]])
* [[Hugh (abbot of Saint-Quentin)|Hugh]], illegitimate son of [[Charlemagne]] (d. [[844]])
* [[Ono no Takamura]], Japanese scholar and [[Japanese poetry|poet]] (d. [[853]])
* [[Ralpacan]], emperor of [[Tibetan Empire|Tibet]] (d. [[836]])

== Deaths ==
* [[January 11]] &ndash; [[Paulinus II of Aquileia|Paulinus II]], patriarch of [[Patriarchate of Aquileia|Aquileia]] (or [[804]])
* [[Æthelmund]], Anglo-Saxon [[Nobility|nobleman]]
* [[Bahlul Ibn Marzuq|Bahlul ibn Marzuq]], Muslim general
* [[Beorhtric of Wessex|Beorhtric]], king of [[Wessex]]
* [[Domitian of Carantania|Domitian]], duke of [[Carantania]] (approximate date)
* [[Eadburh]], Anglo-Saxon princess
* [[Kardam of Bulgaria|Kardam]], ruler ([[Khan (title)|khan]]) of the [[First Bulgarian Empire|Bulgarian Empire]] (or [[803]])
* Rashid, Muslim regent of [[Idris II of Morocco|Idris II]]<ref>Gilbert Meynier (2010) ''L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518)''. Paris: La Découverte; pp.28.</ref>
* [[Višeslav of Croatia|Višeslav]], duke of [[Duchy of Croatia|Croatia]] (or [[810]])
* [[Wulfstan, ealdorman of Wiltshire|Wulfstan]], Anglo-Saxon [[ealdorman]]
* [[Theoctista (740-802)|Theoctista]], politically influential Byzantine woman (b. [[740]])

== References ==
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=== Sources ===
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* {{cite book |last=Nicolle |first=David |author-link=David Nicolle |date=2014 |title=The Conquest of Saxony AD 782–785 |publisher=Bloomsbury USA |isbn=978-1-78200-825-5}}
* {{cite book |last=Rucquoi |first=Adeline |year=1993 |page=87 |title=Histoire médiévale de la Péninsule ibérique |language=fr |location=Paris |publisher=Seuil |isbn=2-02-012935-3}}
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